E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
The sand-pits. So the Tuileries were called to the fourteenth century. Towards the end of that century tiles were made there, but the sand-pits were first called the Tile-works or Tuileries in 1416. At the beginning of the sixteenth century. Nicolas de Neuville built a house in the vicinity, which he called the Hôtel des Tuileries. This property was purchased in 1518 by François I. for his mother.